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Karachi: IJT activist shot dead in Saifee College

Karachi: IJT activist shot dead in Saifee College

KARACHI: An activist of the IslamiJamiatTalaba was gunneddown and another was wounded in the SaifeeTechnicalCollege, NorthNazimabad, on Monday, police said. They said that the incident occurred in the afternoon when four helmet-wearing armedmen entered the college and openedfire on a group of students.

The firing left HafizMuhammadArif and AtifShakoor, said to be IJT members, wounded.HafizArif was rushed to the AbbasiShaheedHospital, where he died during treatment. AtifShakoor was taken to the JinnahPostgraduateMedicalCentre, where his condition was stated to be stable.

A spokesman for the IJT said that Arif, a first-year student in the electrical department, was a resident of OrangiTownNo10. Atif was also a first-year student of the electrical department.Following the incident, students, mainly belonging to the IJT, staged a protest demonstration outside the college during which they also clashed with the police.

They blocked the mainroad in front of the college. The police, in a bid to restore vehicular traffic on the road, lobbed teargas shells to disperse the protesters.GulbergDivisionSPTanveerOdho told Dawn that fourattackers, who were wearing helmets, had carried out the gunattack in the college. “Their identities are still not known,” he added.

He said that a case would be registered against unidentified persons if the complainant did not nominate anyone in the FIR. Meanwhile, the IJTalleged in a statement that its activist was killed by workers of the AllPakistanMuttahidaStudents Organisation (APMSO).

The IJT spokesman described such incidents taking place at different institutes as a conspiracy to destroy peace on campuses and said that the IJT was going to announce its strategy soon to avert such untoward incidents. An APMSO spokesman denied their involvement in the attack, saying that the APMSO always supported peace and harmony on campuses.

The APMSO in a statement condemned the killing of a student in the SaifeeCollege and demanded that the president, the prime minister and the Sindhchiefminister address the situation. Later, the college administration suspendedalleducationalactivities on the campus for the next three days.